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Reconsidering Career Optionality
This, then, is the final rule for building optionality: you have to ignore what everyone else is doing, and think carefully about what is worth competing for.
Richard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World
With the straight path for becoming a musical engineer seemingly closed off to her, Susan looked past the standard options and considered unconventional possibilities, using her individuality as her guide. Instead of passively picking, she made an active choice. She took a job as a receptionist at the University of Sound Arts.
Todd Rose • Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment
Here are some thoughts that I have about this game:
- Spending all of your time doing stuff that you don't like because you think more money or more prestige down the road will be worth it only guarantees that you spend all of your time doing things that you don't like.
- Being good at what you are supposed to do is overrated.
- There is a 1:1 correlation b
Jack Raines • The Opportunity Cost of Everything
This individual has merely acquired stamps of approval and has acquired safety net upon safety net. These safety nets don’t end up enabling big risk-taking—individuals just become habitual acquirers of safety nets. The comfort of a high-paying job at a prestigious firm surrounded by smart people is simply too much to give up. When that happens, the... See more
thecrimson.com • The Trouble With Optionality
